Percolating-bag holder.



S. DOTY.

PERCOLATING BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, 1910.

' 1,,QO2 3-7B Patented Sept. 5,1911.

1 amvewtoz SAMUEL DOTY, OF VERNAL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

PERCOLATING-BAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application filed November 29, 1910. Serial No. 594.720.

'[0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, SAMUEL DOTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vernal. in the county of Butte and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Percolating- Bag Ilolders, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to percolating bag' holders or coffee and tea pots or the like, wherein the bag containing the coffee or tea is submerged near the bottom of the pot and in the containing water forming colfee or ten of the desired color and aroma and preventing the escape of the grounds thereinto.

A further and more important object is to provide a simple holder which may be cheaply constructed of a section of wire properly bent to tightly closethe open end of the bag when wedged between two pertions of the wire and thereby prevent the escape of the grounds.

A still further object is to construct the holder by bending the wire in a novel manner so as to form a clamping portion adapted to properly hold the bag in position within the pot.

The invention consists of certain other objects and arrangements of parts as will be set forth and claimed, it being understood that minor details may be changed relative to the construction of the device as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings: Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a receptacle with my improved bag holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe holder.

The invention as disclosed comprises a single section of wire of the desired size having its end portions 10 bent to form hooks adapted to engage each other at right angles at their upper ends and then extended or bowed outwardly as shown at 11 and curved upwardly as shown at 12 to snugly engage the peripheral surface of the pot. The wire is then bent downwardly as shown at 13 to form restricted openings adapted to receive the edge of the pot and be rigidly held thereby by forming the same in a circular line and flattened in sheet form, so that the lid may be tightly closed. In order to extend and hold a sack or bag 1+l centrally of the pot, the arms 15 arcextended ii'rwardly and dowmvardly and bowed outwardly to form an enlarged open portion which teri'ninat'es in the restricted looped lower end 16, which is approximately wedge shaped and is adapted to securely hold the upper end of the sack as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. It will also be noted. that the lower end 16 is also bent inwardly and inclined so as to position the bag centrally of the pot and thereby insure proper cooking thereof and a thorough. circulation of the boiling water through the coffee or tea.

It will thus be seen, that I have provided a holder of the character described which by reason of its simple construction may be very cheaply constructed and a cloth sack of linen or muslin may be securely held between the restricted loop to prevent the escape of-the coffee or tea into the pot. Thus no sediment will collect in the cups and when the c-oflee has attained the desired strength, the coilee or tea may be readily removed, so that the coffee or tea will retain the proper color and aroma. The bag may be supported above the coffee or tea by hooks 17 formed above the restricted 100 16.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A device of the class described comprising a section of wire. doubled upon itself to form an outwardly extending wedge shaped loop at its lower end and having its upper end bent downwardly to form a pot-engaging clamp and upwardly to form a handle portion, said wedge shaped portion being adapted to hold a bag, the upper pot engag .ing portions being flattened in sheet form and hooks formed in the wire above the restricted loop.

I11 testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in. the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL DOTY. 

